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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 12, 2009 | 70A | Adam's madam | Richard Chisholm |
| Tuesday, September 01, 2009 | 60D | Day before a big event | Steven Ginzburg |
| Tuesday, August 04, 2009 | 62D | Threshold | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 91A | Wall-E's love in "Wall-E" | Kevin G. Der |
| Thursday, July 23, 2009 | 10D | The 31st vis-à-vis the 1st, e.g. | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| Friday, April 03, 2009 | 19A | Walpurgis Night vis-à-vis May Day | John Farmer |
| Wednesday, March 18, 2009 | 65A | Time of anticipation | Robert A. Doll |
| Saturday, December 06, 2008 | 12D | Very early exile | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan |
| Monday, November 03, 2008 | 34D | Cain and Abel's mother | Susan Gelfand |
| Thursday, September 25, 2008 | 60D | When day is done, briefly | Victor Fleming |
| Monday, August 18, 2008 | 30A | Night before a holiday | Paula Gamache |
| Monday, July 14, 2008 | 2D | Holiday preceder | Ed Early |
| Monday, July 07, 2008 | 23D | December 24, e.g. | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 | 31D | Consort of 21-Across | Paula Gamache |
| Sunday, December 16, 2007 | 20A | Garden figure | David J. Kahn and Steve Kahn |
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 | 88D | Iconic Anne Baxter role | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 13D | December 31, e.g. | Lucy Gardner Anderson |
| Tuesday, September 25, 2007 | 57D | She raised Cain | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, July 13, 2007 | 27A | Cusp | Manny Nosowsky |
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 | 8D | Grandmother of Enoch | Jonathan Gersch |
| Saturday, May 26, 2007 | 55D | One-named rap star/actress | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, May 20, 2007 | 128A | "___ of Destruction," 1965 protest song | Seth A. Abel |
| Monday, April 23, 2007 | 45A | New Year's ___ | David Pringle |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 | 32D | Noted apple eater | Jennifer Nutt |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 | 40A | New Year's ___ | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, September 17, 2006 | 84A | Busy travel day, typically | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, August 27, 2006 | 57D | Seth and Abel's mother | Seth A. Abel |
| Saturday, August 26, 2006 | 4D | One-named rapper with a self-titled sitcom | Henry Hook |
| Wednesday, August 09, 2006 | 58D | Christmas ___ | Maxwell H. D. Johnson Jr. |
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 | 34D | Christmas ___ (when 17-Across planned his attack on Trenton) | Ed Early |
| Monday, July 03, 2006 | 43A | First lady? | Randall J. Hartman |
| Wednesday, March 22, 2006 | 8D | Party time, maybe | Jim Hyres |
| Saturday, December 24, 2005 | 35D | Christmas ___ | Byron Walden |
| Thursday, December 15, 2005 | 23A | Title role for Anne Baxter, 1950 | Patrick Merrell |
| Wednesday, November 30, 2005 | 8D | 67-Across figure | Seth A. Abel |
| Tuesday, October 18, 2005 | 31A | 12/24 or 12/31 | Jay Leatherman |
| Wednesday, August 31, 2005 | 64D | Party time, maybe | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, July 31, 2005 | 67A | Day's end: Abbr. | Mark Feldman |
| Friday, July 15, 2005 | 10D | Woman's name meaning "life" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Wednesday, May 25, 2005 | 12D | Garden party? | Nancy Salomon |
| Wednesday, April 20, 2005 | 58D | "Who's That Girl?" rapper | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, April 10, 2005 | 61D | Dark time, briefly | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, March 03, 2005 | 28A | Garden party? | Byron Walden |
| Wednesday, February 23, 2005 | 8D | Time to revel, perhaps | Lee Glickstein |
| Thursday, February 03, 2005 | 27A | Time of anticipation | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, January 09, 2005 | 4D | Procrastinator's shopping day, maybe | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Monday, December 20, 2004 | 9D | Christmas ___ | Kyle Mahowald |
| Sunday, November 07, 2004 | 34D | First mate | Con Pederson |
| Sunday, July 25, 2004 | 98A | Time of anticipation | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, July 17, 2004 | 21D | Period of darkening | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, July 15, 2004 | 59D | Christmas ___ | Roy Leban |
| Sunday, June 27, 2004 | 110D | First family member | Peter Abide and Steven Kahn |
| Friday, May 14, 2004 | 50A | Second person | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 | 37A | First mate | A. J. Santora |
| Friday, February 13, 2004 | 41D | Time before | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, February 02, 2004 | 45A | Night before | Gregory E. Paul |
| Friday, January 23, 2004 | 36A | One raising Cain | Sherry O. Blackard |
| Sunday, January 04, 2004 | 91D | 1965 #1 hit "___ of Destruction" | Patrick Merrell |
| Sunday, December 28, 2003 | 59A | First mate? | Seth A. Abel |
| Wednesday, December 24, 2003 | 34D | Night before | Steve Jones |
| Thursday, November 27, 2003 | 21A | Playwright Ensler of "The Vagina Monologues" | Joe DiPietro |
| Sunday, October 12, 2003 | 77D | Time before | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, July 27, 2003 | 74A | 12/24, e.g. | Michael Grudzielanek |
| Sunday, July 13, 2003 | 89D | First mate? | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, July 09, 2003 | 38D | Last moment to prepare | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, May 08, 2003 | 22D | "Who's That Girl" rapper | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Thursday, February 27, 2003 | 57A | Second person | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, December 23, 2002 | 6D | Preceding day | David Bunker |
| Wednesday, December 04, 2002 | 17A | Eden exile | Richard Hughes |
| Sunday, December 01, 2002 | 28D | Start of something big | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, July 31, 2002 | 58D | Forbidden fruit partaker | Jerry E. Rosman |
| Wednesday, July 17, 2002 | 35D | Adam's apple picker | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, July 07, 2002 | 94A | First mate? | Lloyd E. Pollet |
| Wednesday, April 03, 2002 | 12D | Early evictee | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, February 25, 2002 | 16A | Holiday preceder | Christina Houlihan |
| Tuesday, January 08, 2002 | 29D | A 1950 film was "all about" her | Janet R. Bender |
| Monday, November 19, 2001 | 43A | Eden woman | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2001 | 12D | First mate? | Frank A. Longo |
| Sunday, November 11, 2001 | 6D | Start of a race? | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, October 25, 2001 | 6D | Planning time | John Scott Marrone |
| Thursday, October 04, 2001 | 38D | Time before | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, October 03, 2001 | 25D | "The Lady ___" (Henry Fonda film) | David Bunker |
| Monday, September 10, 2001 | 47D | Apple eater | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| Thursday, August 16, 2001 | 62D | Member of the first family | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, August 04, 2001 | 15A | Cain raiser | Randolph Ross |
| Friday, July 20, 2001 | 42A | Time before | Jim Page |
| Saturday, June 09, 2001 | 11D | Chronological threshold | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, April 19, 2001 | 31A | Nervous time, maybe | Manny Nosowsky |
| Sunday, March 25, 2001 | 126A | Time to prepare | Trip Payne |
| Tuesday, March 20, 2001 | 12D | First lady | Peter Abide |
| Sunday, February 18, 2001 | 33D | Time of nervousness, perhaps | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, September 20, 2000 | 26D | Christmas ___ | Edgar R. Fontaine |
| Saturday, September 16, 2000 | 4D | St. Agnes's ___ | Robert H. Wolfe |
| Friday, September 15, 2000 | 44D | Early evictee | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Thursday, August 31, 2000 | 27D | Time to look ahead | Gene Newman |
| Saturday, July 29, 2000 | 29D | Threshold | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, July 05, 2000 | 58D | Threshold | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Tuesday, May 23, 2000 | 70A | Eden evictee | Monica Krausse |
| Tuesday, February 29, 2000 | 58A | Night before | Peter Gordon |
| Sunday, February 27, 2000 | 112A | Time before | Harvey Estes |
| Sunday, February 13, 2000 | 17D | She raised Cain | Bill Zais |
| Tuesday, February 01, 2000 | 16A | Original sinner | A. J. Santora |
| Thursday, December 23, 1999 | 62A | Genesis evictee | Joe DiPietro |
| Saturday, October 30, 1999 | 51A | Party time | Rich Norris |
| Thursday, October 21, 1999 | 38A | Joanne Woodward Oscar-winning role | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, October 18, 1999 | 37A | New Year's ___ | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
| Wednesday, October 06, 1999 | 27D | Adam's madam | Fred Piscop |
| Saturday, August 28, 1999 | 63A | 9-Down resident | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, July 13, 1999 | 44A | Gift-wrapping time, for some | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, May 18, 1999 | 26D | Second person | Cynthia Joy Higgins |
| Wednesday, April 28, 1999 | 64A | Apple eater of note | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, March 09, 1999 | 44A | Time of anticipation | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, February 15, 1999 | 20A | New Year's ___ | Randall J. Hartman |
| Tuesday, February 09, 1999 | 63D | Night before | Janet R. Bender |
| Saturday, February 06, 1999 | 6D | Garden party? | Bob Klahn and Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Sunday, January 03, 1999 | 56D | Joanne Woodward Oscar-winning role | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, December 16, 1998 | 41D | First lady | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, December 15, 1998 | 60A | Adam's madam | Patrick Jordan |
| Saturday, December 05, 1998 | 50A | Gloaming | Daniel R. Stark |
| Wednesday, December 02, 1998 | 43D | Snake charmee | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, November 05, 1998 | 20A | Big night | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 18, 1998 | 119D | Time before | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, September 09, 1998 | 13D | Adam's rib, so to speak | Richard Hughes |
| Tuesday, July 21, 1998 | 21D | Woman in a garden | Hugh Davis |
| Thursday, June 25, 1998 | 39A | Night of celebration | Stanley B. Whitten |
| Monday, June 22, 1998 | 63D | Apple picker | Shannon Burns |
| Sunday, May 31, 1998 | 4D | Brink | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, April 10, 1998 | 5D | Apple picker | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, February 04, 1998 | 18A | Genesis name | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, February 03, 1998 | 52A | First lady | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, January 03, 1998 | 47A | Plumb of "The Brady Bunch" | Rich Norris |
| Saturday, December 06, 1997 | 20A | Planning time | David J. Kahn |
| Sunday, November 09, 1997 | 108D | Early evictee | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, October 29, 1997 | 42A | Planning time | Kelly Clark |
| Saturday, October 11, 1997 | 20A | Cain raiser | Fred Piscop |
| Tuesday, September 30, 1997 | 56D | Adam's mate | Nancy Schuster |
| Wednesday, September 17, 1997 | 39A | Serpent's mark? | Karen Hodge |
| Sunday, September 14, 1997 | 97A | Time to look ahead | Frank Longo |
| Thursday, June 26, 1997 | 40A | First mate? | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Saturday, June 21, 1997 | 47A | Time in the classifieds | Gerald R. Ferguson |
| Sunday, June 01, 1997 | 101A | Midsummer ___ (June 23) | Randolph Ross |
| Wednesday, May 28, 1997 | 9D | First lady | Ed Early |
| Sunday, May 25, 1997 | 112D | Figurative brink | Cathy Millhauser |
| Sunday, May 18, 1997 | 109A | St. Agnes's ___ (January 20) | Frances Hansen |
| Friday, May 02, 1997 | 18A | End of the year, e.g. | Matthew L. Jones |
| Wednesday, March 26, 1997 | 25A | Original sinner | Richard Silvestri |
| Tuesday, March 25, 1997 | 13D | "The Three Faces of ___" | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, March 18, 1997 | 16A | Morn's opposite | John R. Conrad |
| Saturday, February 22, 1997 | 8D | Christmas ___ | A. J. Santora |
| Tuesday, February 04, 1997 | 14A | Matriarch of all matriarchs | G. R. Ferguson |
| Friday, December 20, 1996 | 58A | Role in Haydn's "The Creation" | M. Ashwood-Smith |
| Thursday, December 12, 1996 | 42D | Christmas ___ | J. R. Conrad |
| Saturday, October 19, 1996 | 53A | Brink | G. Petgrave |
| Thursday, August 29, 1996 | 55D | "The mother of all living" | R. Ross |
| Tuesday, August 20, 1996 | 56A | First lady | S. Spadaccini |
| Saturday, March 23, 1996 | 43D | "___of Destruction" (1965 hit) | R. Norris |
| Wednesday, February 28, 1996 | 11D | Impending time | F.A. Longo |
| Tuesday, December 12, 1995 | 36D | Mom's opposite | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, November 11, 1995 | 9D | Preceding period | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, October 04, 1995 | 16A | Adam's madam | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Tuesday, September 26, 1995 | 44D | Christmas ____ | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel |
| Monday, September 04, 1995 | 26D | Genesis lady | Richard Thomas |
| Sunday, September 03, 1995 | 119A | Palindromic lady | Ernie Furtado |
| Friday, June 09, 1995 | 5D | Second person | A.J. Santora |
| Friday, March 10, 1995 | 56D | French writer Curie | Frank A. Longo |
| Monday, March 06, 1995 | 60D | Mate of 5 Down | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, January 23, 1995 | 18A | Lady of Eden | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Sunday, November 13, 1994 | 76A | Lady in a garden | Frank A. Longo |
| Thursday, November 10, 1994 | 27D | First lady | Alfio Micci |
| Thursday, November 03, 1994 | 44A | Keats's "The _____ of St. Agnes" | Cathy Millhauser |
| Monday, September 05, 1994 | 57D | Night before | Julian Ochrymowych & Amy Goldstein |
| Friday, August 26, 1994 | 48A | Antecedent period | Timothy S. Lewis |
| Monday, June 27, 1994 | 58A | First lady | Wayne Robert Williams |
| Thursday, June 09, 1994 | 60D | Time before | Charles B. Waffell |
| Sunday, May 22, 1994 | 32D | Keat's "The _____ of St. Agnes" | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, May 16, 1994 | 63D | The day before | Ed Pegg Jr. |
| Friday, May 13, 1994 | 46D | First lady | Randolph Ross |
| Saturday, April 16, 1994 | 8D | Penultimate day | Rand H. Burns |
| Wednesday, April 13, 1994 | 2D | Adam's apple? | Jim Page |
| Sunday, March 20, 1994 | 8D | "_____ of Destruction" (1965 hit) | Joel Davajan |
| Friday, March 04, 1994 | 38A | Before time | Betty Jorgensen |
| Saturday, February 26, 1994 | 47A | First offender? | Bob Klahn |
| Friday, February 18, 1994 | 37A | She raised Cain | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, February 16, 1994 | 42D | Turgenev's "On the _____" | John Greenman |
| Wednesday, February 02, 1994 | 61D | Oscar-winning Joanne Woodward role | Robert Katz |
| Saturday, January 01, 1994 | 31D | Palindromic lady | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, December 02, 1993 | 44A | Morn's opposite | Richard Silvestri |